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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1958
Page
5
Helene tracked along the coast with 140 mph winds causing minor injuries as it moved northeastward along North Carolina shores. The system lashed the coastline Saturday afternoon into evening, maintaining a northerly course parallel to the coast.
The article surveys Nixon and Dulles urging unity against Red China over Formosa while noting mixed public opinion and international caution. It then reports on Hurricane Helene’s approach, warnings, and swift emergency mobilization along the North Carolina coast, detailing damage and responses.
Victims arrived at the hospital as three more physicians attending the football game were delayed when their cars were blocked in the Jones stadium parking lot. Dean, a Texas Tech graduate, worked at First National Bank of Amarillo. Funeral services were pending for Dean and Mrs Curry. Several others were injured in incidents around Lubbock including two youths in a pickup crash near the Tohoka highway circle and a boy who struck a parked car near 44th Street and Indiana.
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Saturday as his chief assistant, succeeding the resignation of Sherman Adams. The transfer places Persons in the top White House staff role with Adams stepping down.
In Southampton England Andre Albert Magnenot a 30 year old Swiss man appeared in court after customs searched him and found 655 Swiss watches sewn into an apron under his coat He pled poverty and was jailed for one year in lieu of paying a fine for attempted evasion of taxes totaling 11754 dollars.
Clark argues territories are not essential to U S security and warns against loss of American life. Britain France and India push at the U N toward separating Communist and Nationalist China to remove the is lands issue as a peace obstacle. A two China split is rejected by both regimes.
South Plains ginners report 65 000 bales already in ginning and 40 422 samples graded with about 16 000 more in La Mesa area. Early results show open boll rates near 7 percent in some fields and long staple Mesilla Valley Acala cotton in Gaines County yielding high prices. Weather and labor shortages may affect peak harvest.
Governor J Lindsay Almond ordered Norfolk six white junior and senior high schools closed after the school board agreed to admit 17 Negro students under a federal order. The action followed the U S Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals refusal to grant a one year postponement of integration. Warren County Virginia also faced a similar move with its high school closed since September 14.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser proclaimed a state of emergency in the United Arab Republic on Saturday night. The move came with no reason given and accompanied by an extension of land reform to the Syrian region of the UAR, his broadest policy step in Syria since its February union with Egypt.
A society-style notice records numerous birth announcements: Dr. and Mrs. Myron Mattison welcome a daughter at Methodist Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wiggins announce a son at Methodist. Rev. and Mrs. Elton Brian report a daughter at West Texas Hospital. and others including Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Scheller, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Barrow, Mr. and Mrs. James Bunting, Mr. and Mrs. Israel Morales, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Quirino, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Torret, and Mr. and Mrs. George Seaman announce newborns with weights and times, across Lubbock Osteopathic, Taylor Hospital, St. Mary's, Porter Clinic, Lauf Clinic, and related employers and occupations.
The referendum campaign runs since Friday under helmeted guards with Algerian militants pressing terror actions. De Gaulle is seen as likely to win a broad approval in France while Algerian nationalists attack his plan. In Africa most colonies face a choice between independence later or joining a French community with economic aid.
KAMAPAL Uganda The high price of brides in the Karamojong region drives men to raid cattle. Councilman J Sokolimo cited 50 cows as a bride price and noted 16 000 head were stolen in six months. Police deploy planes and jeeps. 36 killed and 167 captured or imprisoned.
Heavy rainfall across West Texas saturated streets from Lubbock to Presidio and caused widespread flooding. Presidio County recorded up to five inches, with Alamito and Rio Grande floodwaters closing roads and displacing families. Damaged cotton crops and disrupted transport were reported as forecasters warned of possible showers Monday.
Opening day at the Lubbock fair expects a new attendance peak with 59 643 set in 1954 as the parade of 28 bands leading 3 000 musicians moves at 10 a m The Water Follies stage and pools rise for nightly shows and the Oil and Gas Show occupies two thirds of the Coliseum concourse Exhibits from Lubbock businesses poli the finest ever and judges pick bands from several districts for cash prizes
In Little Rock the integration vote split along lines with only two of five polling sites in predominantly Negro districts voting for integration. Hall High School favored segregationists two to one despite Faubus urging a private segregated school plan. Clarence Laws of the NAACP questioned legality, noting no precedent for elections to decide compliance with Supreme Court mandates. No incidents were reported as whites and Negroes stood in line together.
The Weather-Tracking Vanguard rocket failed to reach the required speed or altitude to place a satellite in orbit. The 72-foot vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral on Friday at 10 38 a m CDT reentered the atmosphere after one or more Earth orbits and was consumed by friction. The Navy has four Vanguard rockets left and plans another launch with a similar satellite.
Be irut residents flood streets as rebel barricades topple and a 24 hour curfew ends. Traffic returns to normal in Basra area amid limited unrest. U S envoy McClintock backs Premier Karami and says American forces will cooperate with the new government.
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